Iran: Regime fabricates figures to terrorize Iranian women
Some 9.2 million women are members of the Bassij paramilitary force and they are engaged all...
Women's News
Tokyo elects first woman governor
Veteran politician Yuriko Koike, 64, was elected Sunday July 31, 2016, as Tokyo's first woman governor....
Iran: Staggering rise of incest under the mullahs
In a shocking report on rape of young women by their first degree relatives namely their...
Iran: Women trapped in the grips of the Judiciary
The Department of Justice in the northeastern Province of Khorassan Razavi has instructed its online services...
Iran: Atena Farghadani challenges corrupt rulers
Atena Farghadani, former political prisoner and artist, posted her latest work of art in her Facebook...
Iran: Mother speaks out about jailed daughter
“Afsaneh (Bayazidi) was arrested 85 days ago but the intelligence agents did not allow me to...
Iran: Teenage girl raped by IRGC Intelligence agent
An 18-year-old Kurdish girl was raped in the western Iranian city of Boukan by an IRGC...
Iran: New emphasis on crackdown against women
Following Ali Khamenei's remarks calling for a harsh approach to women who do not observe the...
Iran: Execution is an act of barbarism
Ms. Sholeh Pakravan, activist against the death penalty, recently wrote about the death sentence of a...
Iran: Women’s football team dissolved
One of the most active women’s football team called Malavan (Sailor) was dissolved upon a decision...
Sign our Statement to Halt the Death Sentence of 25-Year-Old Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi
Statement Calling for Immediate Action to Halt the Death Sentence of 25-Year-Old Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi We express our profound...
The Ineffectiveness of Population Policies in Iran: Economy, Aging, and the Overlooked Rights of Women
Abstract: A compilation of official data, media reports, and disclosures published in April, May, and June 2026 demonstrates that Iran...
Crushed by Design: Structural Crises and Inequitable Policies Push Female-Headed Households to the Edge
Introduction Life for the Iranian people under the religious dictatorship is fraught with hardship and peril from every perspective. Whether...
Women, Resistance, Freedom: The Unbroken Lineage from Camp Ashraf to Iran’s Gen-Z Revolution
When an early morning raid struck Camp Ashraf at 5:00 AM on September 1, 2013, the goal of Iran’s clerical...
Working to Survive: Iranian Women Between Poverty, Exhaustion, and Lack of Labor Protection
For many Iranian Women, losing a job or failing to find sustainable employment is not just about being unemployed; it...
Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed in One Month
Misogynistic laws lie at the root of violence against women in Iran Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed...
We work extensively with Iranian women outside the country and maintain a permanent contact with women inside Iran. The Women’s Committee is actively involved with many women’s rights organizations and NGO’s and the Iranian diaspora.
The committee is a major source of much of the information received from inside Iran with regards to women. Attending UN Human Rights Council meetings and other international or regional conferences on women’s issues and engaging in a relentless battle against the Iranian regime’s misogyny are part of the activities of members and associates of the committee.